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October 26, 2010
Bothell, WA – Partnership with Zimride will create a secure platform to enhance campus mobility.
Cascadia Community College and UW Bothell announced today they’ve partnered with Zimride to launch a social network for ridesharing. The Zimride platform uses Facebook integration to create a fun way to find friends to share commutes or one-time rides. This private network empowers individuals to join together and reduce campus traffic, parking difficulties and provide substantial cost-savings for our community.
This is a great opportunity for both Bothell campuses, that will have a positive impact on the entire community,” said Cascadia Community College President, Dr. Eric Murray. “Zimride’s innovative rideshare solution is appealing to our students, faculty and staff, which will enable us to reduce campus congestion and provide options for one-time trips out of town.”
Zimride has developed a custom rideshare solution to serve the Bothell campus population. Through Zimride’s web-based interface, faculty, staff and students can find others with similar commuting patterns or one-time rides. As a social network platform with optional Facebook integration, Zimride is fun to use and helps establish trust among users. Just like with Facebook, Zimriders can view profiles for common networks, interests and friends before deciding to share a ride. This new transportation alternative is a fun, easy and sustainable way for everyone to collectively make a difference.
Starting today, all Community College and University students, faculty and staff can access the free system at Bothell Campus Zimride Rideshare Community. The private system requires a UW NetID to gain access.
This partnership marks a significant step in improving campus sustainability practices. Furthermore, ridesharing on daily commutes or on longer, one-time trips will substantially reduce the costs of travel for the community.
About Zimride
Zimride is the largest online social rideshare community in North America with over 350,000 users. Zimride has implemented private rideshare communities for over 50 of the nation’s leading universities and companies including Stanford, UCLA, University of Michigan, Cornell University, Wal-Mart and CIGNA.
Zimride embraces ridesharing as a social activity and integrates with Facebook and Twitter to make it fun and easy for users to share the seats in their car or find a ride. On Zimride, participants create profiles that show their favorite in-car music, radio stations and even smoking preferences to ensure an enjoyable ride.
Zimride’s site empowers individuals to create social, sustainable and convenient transportation.
About Cascadia Community College:
Cascadia Community College is an accredited, public community college, located in Bothell, WA. Cascadia is committed to innovative instruction in small classes that emphasize active and collaborative learning. Cascadia served over 5,000 students last year and celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2010.
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